Susan Chrysler White lives and works in Iowa City, Iowa where she taught at the University for many years. Her bright and patterned paintings along with her dazzling acrylic sculptures reference the anatomical, botanical, and spiritual while also drawing from her fascination with collections. White’s paintings are constructed by pouring acrylic paint on transparent glassine paper which she folds and presses to create symmetrical imagery. Working intuitively, she cuts and tears these images and collages them onto canvas creating striking complex compositions where she makes sense of the world around her. She received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting and Sculpture and the National Endowment for the Arts. White’s work is collected by various national institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Worcester Art Museum.